But the Blazers struggled in the third quarter, when Roy's missed shots mounted to 12 straight shots, and the Wizards closed the gap to 55-51 on James Singleton's layup to start the fourth quarter.

Earlier Friday the Wizards signed guard Shaun Livingston for the rest of the season after playing through a pair of 10-day contracts. He originally joined Washington on Feb. 26.

Going into the game, he averaged 4.9 points and 3.3 assists in 15½ minutes in 10 games. He scored Washington's first basket against the Blazers.

Earl Boykins did not make the trip to Portland with the Wizards because of a stomach virus.

Blatche started despite spraining his left ankle in practice on Tuesday and finished with 12 points.

NOTES: Roy arrived at the arena dressed in his University of Washington warmups. Roy wore No. 3 for the Huskies and is unabashedly rooting for them in the NCAA tournament. Washington will play New Mexico in a second-round game in San Jose on Saturday. ... Portland's Andre Miller played in his 600th consecutive game — the longest active streak in the NBA — on his birthday.